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The 2023 Newspaper Awards – Winners/Commendations

 

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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PRINTER OF THE YEAR

The Fujifilm Premier Award for all printers of national newspapers printed by flexo
or coldset web offset

Winner

Webprint Citywest (Irish Daily Mail, The Irish Sun)

 

Highly Commended

Harmsworth Printing, Thurrock (Daily Mail)

Commended

Associated Print Holdings, Dinnington (Daily Mail)

Newsprinters Broxbourne & Knowsley (The Sunday Times, The Times) 

Reach Printing Services, Oldham (Daily Express, The Guardian)

The Irish Times (The Guardian)


LtR: Will Hearn, Fujifilm’s national sales manager; Donagh O’Doherty, managing director of Webprint Citywest, host Geoff Norcott

NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEE/TEAM OF THE YEAR

The UPM Premier Award

Joint Winner

Weekend magazine project team
Harmsworth Printing


LtR: Chris Venables, UPM’s sales director newspaper publishing; Harmsworth Printing’s Weekend magazine project team

Joint Winner

Lee McCleneghen,
Reach Printing Services, Saltire


LtR: Chris Venables, UPM’s sales director newspaper publishing; Ronnie McLeneghen, production manager Reach Printing Services Saltire collecting the trophy  on behalf of his son Lee

Commended

Aberdeen and Dundee teamwork
D C Thomson

Janet Brown, head of print operations
Guardian News & Media

Multi-print centre communication
Newsprinters

Community news teamwork
Social Spider

INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Resolute Forest Products Premier Award for all international daily and weekly newspapers published overseas

Winner

Børneavisen (Denmark)

LtR: Resolute Rorest products sales director UK & Europe Juanjo Sanz:  editor-in-chief of Børneavisen Simon Thinggaard Hjortkjaer

Highly Commended

Financial Times

Commended

China Daily (Global edition)
El Diario Vasco (Spain)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (Germany)
Heraldo de Aragon (Spain)
The Telegraph (India)

REGIONAL NEWSPAPER PRINTER OF THE YEAR

The Agfa Award for all printers of regional newspapers printed by flexo
or coldset web offset

Winner

Discovery Print (The Courier, The Press and Journal)

 

 


LtR: Agfa’s sales manager newspapers, UK & Eire David Bottomley; Discovery Print’s Guy Forester, head of operations and Craig Bertie, production manager

Highly Commended

Interpress NI (The Irish News)

Commended

Iliffe Print (Hackney Citizen, Hailsham News, The Voice, The Weekly Gleaner)
Mortons Print (Cage & Aviary Birds, Driffield & Wolds Weekly, Motorsport News, Teesdale Mercury)
Newsquest Oxford (Bucks Free Press, The Oxford Times, Watford Observer, Western Telegraph)
Newsquest Scotland (The Herald)

NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Aktrion Atalian Servest Award for all national daily newspapers

Winner

Financial Times


LtR: Lyndsey Scott, managing director of Aktrion Atalian Servest; Matthew Garrahan Head of Digital Platforms & Strategy Editorial FT

Highly Commended

The Guardian

Commended

Daily Mirror
i
Irish Independent
The Daily Telegraph
The Times

REGIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Newsprinters Award for all regional daily newspapers

Winner

The Yorkshire Post

LtR:Tracey Hart, Newsprinters commercial director; Mike Gaunt, picture editor for The Yorkshire Post

Highly Commended

The Press and Journal

Commended

Liverpool Echo
Oxford Mail
The Courier
The Irish News

WEEKEND NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Associated Print Holdings/Harmsworth Printing Award for all weekend newspapers

Winner

FT Weekend

LtR: Brian Lamb, print production Harmsworth Printing; Alec Russell, FT foreign editor; Janet White FT global print circulation director

Highly Commended

The Sunday Times

Commended

iWeekend
The Observer
The Sunday Telegraph
The Times (Saturday)

LOCAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Papermule Award for all local weekly newspapers

Winner

Cambridge Independent

LtR: Andy Murrill, editor of Newbury Weekly News collecting the trophy on behalf of the Cambridge Independent; Papermule director Mike Hoy; host Geoff Norcott

Highly Commended

New Milton Advertiser & Lymington Times

Commended

Bridgnorth Journal
Isle of Wight County Press
Newbury Weekly News
The Oxford Times

THE ICNN INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY
NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The S&S Inks Award for independent community newspapers

Winner

The Peckham Peculiar

Highly Commended

The Bristol Cable

LtR: S&S Druckfarben owner and ceo Bauke-Jan Schuite; editor of The Peckham Peculiar, Mark McGinlay

Commended

Enfield Dispatch
Hackney Citizen
Hailsham News
The Ambler
Wells Voice
West Leeds Dispatch

NATIONAL SUPPLEMENT/MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR (WEEKLY)

The Paragon Customer Communications Award for all national newspaper supplements
and magazines printed any method

Winner

FT Weekend Magazine

Highly Commended

The Times Magazine


LtR: Nick Barbeary, director of client development for Paragon Customer Communications; Esther Bintliff, deputy editor FT Magazine

Commended

ES (Evening Standard)
Fabulous (The Sun on Sunday)
Saturday (The Guardian)
The Sunday Times Magazine

NATIONAL SUPPLEMENT/MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR (NON-WEEKLY)

The Paragon Customer Communications Award for all national newspaper supplements
and magazines printed any method

Winner

LUXX (The Times)

Highly Commended

HTSI (Financial Times)

LtR: Nick Barbeary, director of client development for Paragon Customer Communications; LUXX editor-in-chief Kate Reardon

Commended

Luxury (The Telegraph)

REGIONAL SUPPLEMENT/MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR

The Walstead UK Award for all regional newspaper supplements and magazines
printed any method

Winner

Shropshire Magazine (Midland News Association)

LtR: Walstead UK group sales director, John Hearnden; Jim McFarland, head of production and operations, Midland News Association

Highly Commended

Greater Govanhill Magazine

Commended

Cheshire Life (Newsquest)
Devon Life (Archant/Newsquest)
Out & About (Newbury News & Media)
Velvet (Iliffe Media)

NICHE MARKET NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Collection Pot Award all niche market newspapers

Winner

First News

LtR: Wendy Carter, founder Collection Pot; First News Commercial Director, Katie Irvin

Highly Commended

Cage & Aviary Birds

Commended

Eastern Eye
The Stage
The Voice
TLS